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Bhubaneswar; 8th November 2020: Indian football is finally back. After the successful completion of the I-League Qualifiers in Kolkata, now the coastal state of Goa is getting ready to host the seventh season of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) from November 20. Not only the footballers but also Odisha FC staff are giving their best to ensure that the club has a great tournament ahead. Odisha FC's head physiotherapist Dr. Firoz Shaikh and assistant physiotherapist Dr. Naved Hameed are working day in

Al Sadd beat Al Duhail 3-0 in a 2020-21 season Ooredoo Cup’s postponed match from Round 1 (Group A) at the Qatar SC Stadium on Saturday. Nam Tae-Hee (third minute), Saoud Al Nasr (11th minute) and Rodrigo Tabata (83rd minute) scored for Al Sadd, who rose to second position in the group with seven points, one less than Al Wakrah. The game was postponed owing to both teams’ campaigns in the 2020 AFC Champions League. Al Duhail remained last in Group A with

DOHA: The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced a squad of 26 U-16 players who will play two friendly matches against Lebanon this month. Qatar is preparing for the AFC U-16 Asian Cup finals to be held in Bahrain. The Qatar squad that assembled on Saturday continues training until November 16. The first friendly match will be held on November 12 (Pitch No.4) and the second on November 15 (pitch No.5) at the Aspire Academy. The two friendlies are part of our national

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced a squad of 34 junior players that will appear in two friendly matches against Iraq later this month. The junior squad has been announced as part of the team’s preparation for the AFC U-19 Asian Cup to be held in Uzbekistan. Qatar are in Group D alongside Tajikistan, Malaysia and Yemen for the Uzbekistan event. Sixteen teams will participate in the event. The teams are divided into four groups. The top four teams in the tournament

After eight months without international table tennis events, the time has finally come to #RESTART! This is the moment that the players, fans and entire table tennis community are reunited with the sport they love. On Sunday 8 November 2020, table tennis will become one of the first sports to hold international activity since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The #RESART series will see a long list of world-class players returning to the global stage at three prestigious events taking place over the

Round two report Martin Simonsen holds a four-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Andalucía Challenge de España after holing out from the bunker for birdie on the final hole to post a three under par second round of 69. The Dane leads at Iberostar Real Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri on nine under par, four strokes ahead of Sweden’s Christofer Blomstrand in second place on five under par, while Czech Republic’s Stanislav Matus and Scotland’s Euan Walker are a stroke

Rins second, Mir fifth, Morbidelli ninth, Quartararo 11th, Dovizioso 12th and Viñales in pitlane sets us up for a rollercoaster race day. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pol Espargaro picked up a phenomenal second pole position of 2020 after mastering the wet conditions in Q2 at the Gran Premio de Europa, the Spaniard slamming in a late 1:40.434 to head a front row covered by less than a tenth. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) starts second as the top title challenger, just 0.041 back,

Egyptian World No.1 Ali Farag has retained his Qatar Classic title after beating World No.5 Paul Coll earlier today in the final of the PSA World Tour Platinum tournament held in Doha, Qatar. Farag, 28, has now lifted his 21st PSA title following an 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 victory over the Kiwi in 61 minutes, extending his winning run over Coll to 13 matches. Farag’s retrieval skills and graceful movement around court was breathtaking as he picked up the majority of what Coll threw at him and

Doha: New Vision Badminton Sport (NVBS) trainee Rajatraj Ramesan showed off his athletic prowess by clinching gold in the QRS Spring Series 2020 in the Under15 category in Doha on Friday. The 14-year-old topped the 3k race with a time of 11:19.6 pushing Gullanam Alinier to the second spot Gullanam finished with a time of 11:50.2. In the last race of the QRS Spring Series 2020, Rajatraj had finished second. His Badminton coach Manoj Sahibjan attributed his success in athletics to his dedication,

Round Three Report Another day of high drama at the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown ended with 19 players progressing to the final-day shoot-out in Cyprus, where Johannes Veerman and Matthew Jordan signed for the lowest rounds of the day while Gavin Green was among those players to produce an eleventh-hour salvo to make it through to Sunday. The tee was moved forward on the par five 18th hole for round three in Paphos, making for numerous nail-biting moments as players chased the third

NEW DELHI: The fourteenth edition of Hero I-League will kick-off on Saturday (January 9, 2021) in Kolkata. Eleven teams will need to enter the bio-secure bubble fourteen days prior to their first match according to the schedule, which will be announced shortly. The matches will be telecast live on 1Sports. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the previous edition of Hero I-League made to halt abruptly before the football action resumed once again in India through Hero I-League Qualifier 2020 in October this year.

Dear Friends,This Sunday, it’s time for #RESTART – the much-awaited return of international table tennis events.Excitement. Relief. Determination.Many are the emotions that we feel right now, as we are finally able to reunite with the sport we all love and have missed so dearly.Ensuring a safe return to international table tennis has been our number one priority ever since the pandemic broke out, not only for our athletes and partners but also for our millions of fans around the world, who are craving to watch

NEW DELHI: Although he was not a part of the Blue Tigers’ 2019 AFC Asian Cup campaign in UAE, his team-mates and Assistant Coach Shanmugam Venkatesh believe Eugeneson Lyngdoh was instrumental to India’s qualification for the Continental championship. Lyngdoh, who had appeared on AIFF TV for a candid live chat, was flooded with wishes from his former teammates and current rivals, as he makes a comeback from injury in the upcoming Hero Indian Super League season with SC East Bengal. “He had a huge

World No.6 Marwan ElShorbagy has booked his spot in the third round of the 2020 Qatar Classic, PSA World Tour Platinum tournament after getting the better of former World No.1 Gregory Gaultier at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar earlier today. ElShorbagy had beaten Gaultier in their last meeting all the way back in 2017 and controlled the match masterfully, refusing to get drawn into any discussions with the referee in a match that went through its scrappy periods.

Match 56 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has the Sunrisers Hyderabad taking on the Mumbai Indians at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. It has come down to the final day for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are currently in the bottom half of the table with their fate still in their hands. A win in Sharjah will take them through to yet another playoff appearance. And although they have a stern test in front of them on Tuesday, they should be very proud

Al Shahania Stud’s RB KINDLE (Burning Sand x Rich Kinkga) sprinted to her third consecutive victory when she landed the LOSAIL CUP (PUREBRED ARABIANS) with ease. Th Gassim Mohammad Ghazali trained mare stayed on the rails and up front under Alberto Sanna in the six furlong sprint. She held on to her advantage even as the pace upped and another Ghazali ward, ATEEJ (AF AlBahar x Sahara Croixnoire), came threateningly close under Marco Casamento. But RB Kindle held her own and finished the

Basketball is one of the most famous sports all around the world. It is a beautiful game and it is one that makes certain physical demands of anyone that takes part in it. This implies you will need some level of physical fitness to play this game. In addition to being in the right physical condition, there are other things that are needed for the game of basketball to be successful. They are a portable basketball hoop or an in-ground basketball hoop, the

Match 41 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has the Chennai Super Kings taking on the Mumbai Indians at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday. Defending champions Mumbai Indians have been one of the best teams this season with six wins in nine games. Despite losing two out of their first three games in IPL 2020, MI have come back strong, with their only other defeat coming in a Super Over to the Kings XI Punjab. Their openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock

Match 40 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 has Rajasthan Royals taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Dubai International Cricket Ground on Thursday. Despite beginning the tournament in fine fashion, Rajasthan Royals haven't been able to get going in IPL 2020 so far. After ten games in the competition, the Royals have four wins to show for their efforts and are barely in the race for a top-four finish. Although the trio of Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer and Rahul Tewatia have done their bit,

Nasser Saeed Al Eida’s HAJADIE DU CROATE (AF AlBahar x Topaze Du Croate) won on her Qatar debut in thrilling fashion when Qatari jockey Faleh Bughanaim guided Gassim Mohammad Ghazali’s ward to a second victory overall in the AL GHARAFA CUP (3yo Purebred Arabians) on Thursday. In the mile-long turf feature, the filly, who reached Qatari shores after landing a seven-furlong run in France in August, edged out the Alban Elie Marie De Mieulle saddled MUQLA (Tabarak x Sarahmina), ridden by Ronan Thomas in the colours